I Love Lucy (TV Series)

The Operetta (1952)

Lucille Ball: Lucy Ricardo

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• Lucy Ricardo : [in charge of operetta to benefit the club she and Ethel are in, which doesn't know that there is no money in its account because Lucy has been borrowing from it]  Well, we could save money by writing the operetta ourselves.

  Ethel Mertz : We? Who's we?

  Lucy Ricardo : We is Ethel Romberg and Lucy Friml, that's who we is.

• Ricky Ricardo : [discussing operetta Lucy wrote, but does not know she wrote it]  Who wrote this thing, anyway?

  Lucy Ricardo : Who wrote it? Have you ever heard of Victor Herbert?

  Ricky Ricardo : Yeah.

  Lucy Ricardo : Well alright then.

• Lucy Ricardo : First of all, we'll save the royalty charge - That's $100 - if we write the opera

  Ethel Mertz : Wait a minute. Who's 'We'?

  Lucy Ricardo : 'We' is Ethel Romberg and Lucy Friml.